The Family Court Accountability Coalition engages in Judicial, Legislative and Executive Branch advocacy on behalf of socioeconomically disadvantaged family court stakeholders. According to the Judicial Council of California, 75 percent of family court litigants are self-represented because they cannot afford an attorney. Yet many courts cater to attorneys and the parties they are paid to represent, while denying the indigent meaningful and effective access to family court services.

Thursday, January 5, 2017

Santa Clara County Family Court Controversy Continues Court History of Scandal: Judge-Attorney Cronyism Still To Blame, Say Whistleblowers

Court whistleblowers allege that Presiding Judge Patricia Lucas and 6th District Court of Appeal Justice Conrad Rushing ultimately are responsible for systemic family court judge misconduct that resembles prior scandals in the same court.